The spacecraft is a flight-worthy protoflight model which was assembled, integrated and tested at TRW's Redondo Beach manufacturing facilities to verify the structural and functional design of the satellite. TRW also trained engineers from KARI in spacecraft development and worked with Korean industrial partners to build and test space-qualified hardware.

"We are proud to have made this contribution to Korea's space program," said Joanne Maguire, vice president and general manager of TRW's Space & Laser Programs Division. "KARI and the Korean industrial team gained valuable hands-on experience working side-by-side with our engineers on the protoflight model. KOMPSAT is sure to enhance Korea's space development infrastructure and is a key component of its 20-year plan," Maguire added.

The KOMPSAT flight model will be assembled, integrated and tested at KARI facilities by Korean engineers with support from TRW. Plans call for it to be launched next year into a low-Earth-orbit by a Taurus booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

In 1995, TRW was awarded a 52-month contract to build two satellites based on TRW's modular, lightweight satellite bus technology. The satellites host scientific payloads for ocean color imaging, multi-spectral sensing and space physics measurements.

The flight model also includes an electro-optical camera with seven-meter resolution built by TRW. The camera will provide cartography data for developing digital elevation maps of the Korean peninsula for land use and planning purposes.

KOMPSAT represents the first joint satellite development project undertaken by KARI. Resident at TRW, 57 KARI engineers participated in program activities as full members of the development team, honing the technical and managerial skills needed to design, build, test, launch and operate a spacecraft.

TRW also worked closely with Korean industrial companies to build high-reliability, space-qualified hardware for KOMPSAT. Daewoo provided the attitude and orbit control subsystem; Halla and Hanwah, the propulsion subsystem; Hyundai, electrical power system components; Korean Air and Doowon, the structural and thermal subsystem; and Samsung, the on-board computer and satellite system test equipment.

Korean Aerospace Research Institute

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